Definitive Materials Filed by Investment Companies. (497)
February 26 2013 - 5:08PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
BLACKROCK FUNDS
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BlackRock All-Cap Energy & Resources Portfolio
BlackRock
Energy & Resources Portfolio
(each a Fund and collectively the Funds)
Supplement dated February 26, 2013 to the
Prospectus dated January 28, 2013
Effective March 11, 2013, the
Funds prospectus is hereby amended to provide that BlackRock International Limited will serve as sub-adviser to each Fund and that Robin Batchelor and Poppy Allonby, CFA, will serve as co-portfolio managers of each Fund. The following changes
are made to the prospectus:
In the Fund Overview section for each Fund, the subsection entitled
Investment Manager is amended to add the following:
The Funds sub-adviser is BlackRock International
Limited (the Sub-Adviser). Where applicable, BlackRock refers also to the Funds Sub-Adviser.
In the Fund Overview section for each Fund, the subsection entitled Portfolio Managers is deleted in its
entirety and replaced with the following:
Portfolio Managers
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Name
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Portfolio Manager of
the Fund Since
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Title
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Robin Batchelor
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2013
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Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc.
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Poppy Allonby, CFA
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2013
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Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc.
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The section in the prospectus captioned Details About the Funds How Each Fund Invests
About the Portfolio Management Team as it relates to each Fund is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
ABOUT THE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT TEAM
The Fund is managed by a team of financial professionals. Robin Batchelor and Poppy
Allonby, CFA, are the Funds portfolio managers and are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund. Please see Management of the Funds Portfolio Manager Information for additional information
about the portfolio management team.
The Management of the Funds section is amended to add the following
with respect to each Fund:
BlackRock has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with BlackRock International Limited
(BIL), a registered investment adviser organized in 1995 and an affiliate of BlackRock, under which BlackRock pays BIL for services it provides a fee equal to a percentage of the management fee paid to BlackRock under the Management
Agreement. BIL is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Funds portfolio.
In addition, the section in the prospectus captioned Management of the Funds
Portfolio Manager Information as it relates to each Fund is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
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Portfolio Manager
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Primary Role
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Since
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Title and Recent Biography
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Robin Batchelor
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Jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Funds portfolio including setting the Funds overall investment strategy and
overseeing the management of the Fund
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2013
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Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2007; Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2006 to 2007.
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Poppy Allonby, CFA
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Jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Funds portfolio including setting the Funds overall investment strategy and
overseeing the management of the Fund
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2013
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Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc. since 2012; Director of BlackRock, Inc. from 2007 to 2011.
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Shareholders should retain this Supplement for future reference.